Placed on the Official List of Generic Names of Zoology: Name No. 1062, with Phalaena hexadactyla designated as type-species under the plenary power of the Commission. Neave, 1939, Nomencl. zool. 1: 129, cited "Alucita Fabricius, 1775, Syst. Ent.: 667" as the first available use of this name.

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